How to Do Media and Cultural Studies (Second Edition) Jane Stokes

How to Do Media and Cultural Studies (Second Edition)
Jane Stokes
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CHAPTER 4
Philip Napoli’s article presents a Marxist analysis of the role of the audience in the new
media economy:
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Napoli, Philip M., 2010. Revisiting ‘mass communication’ and the ‘work’ of the
audience in the new media environment. Media, Culture and Society. 32 (3): 505–
516;
http://mcs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/3/505?ijkey=VZTr10czi8xEA&keytype=ref&si
teid=spmcs
Brenton J. Malin’s case study of the production of the hard-boiled detective series, The
Shield, provides an interesting exploration of ideas of masculinity within the post-broadcast
era television industry:
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Malin, Brenton J., 2010. Viral manhood: niche marketing, hard-boiled detectives
and the economics of masculinity. Media, Culture and Society. 32 (3): 373–389;
http://mcs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/3/373?ijkey=4WjhIoz3aQJCg&keytype=ref&
siteid=spmcs
The Sami people are a minority culture in Northern Scandinavia and Russia. In this article
Sari Pietikäinen uses interviews and ethnographic study to research Sami journalistic
culture:
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Pietikäinen, Sari, 2008. Broadcasting indigenous voices: Sami minority media
production. European Journal of Communication. 23 (2): 173–191;
http://ejc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/23/2/173?ijkey=Folbl/IINLMxM&keytype=ref&sit
eid=spejc
CHAPTER 5
Richard K. Popp and Andrew L. Mendelson’s study of the letter ‘X’ on the cover of Time
magazine; and Marcia A. Morgado’s semiotic analysis of hip-hop fashion:
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Popp, Richard K. and Andrew L. Mendelson, 2010. ‘X’-ing out enemies: Time
magazine, visual discourse, and the war in Iraq. Journalism. 11 (2): 203–221;
http://jou.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/11/2/203?ijkey=kH6XRfZVEXGPs&keytype=ref&
siteid=spjou
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Morgado, Marcia A., 2007. The semiotics of extraordinary dress: A structural
analysis and interpretation of hip-hop style. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.
25 (2): 131–155;
http://ctr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/25/2/131?ijkey=YLGAcIAM6N1lE&keytype=ref&s
iteid=spctr
CHAPTER 6
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Tripp, Lisa M., 2011. ‘The computer is not for you to be looking around, it is for
schoolwork’: Challenges for digital inclusion as Latino immigrant families negotiate
children’s access to the internet. New Media and Society. 13 (4): 552–567;
http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/13/4/552?ijkey=rDgAL7ymxnyi2&keytype=ref&
siteid=spnms
Victor Costello and Barbara Moore published an interesting study of television audiences
using on-line survey methods published in Television and New Media:
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Costello, Victor and Barbara Moore, 2007. Cultural outlaws: An examination of
audience activity and online television fandom. Television New Media. 8 (2): 124–
143;
http://tvn.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/8/2/124?ijkey=0cqgllB0uZNq.&keytype=ref&site
id=sptvn